George M. Dallas
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Daguerreotype of Dallas taken in 1848
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| 11th Vice President of the United States | |
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In office March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 |
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| President | James K. Polk |
| Preceded by | John Tyler |
| Succeeded by | Millard Fillmore |
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United States Senator from Pennsylvania |
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In office December 13, 1831 – March 4, 1833 |
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| Preceded by | Isaac D. Barnard |
| Succeeded by | Samuel McKean |
| 17th Pennsylvania Attorney General | |
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In office October 14, 1833 – December 1, 1835 |
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| Governor | George Wolf |
| Preceded by | Ellis Lewis |
| Succeeded by | James Todd |
| 80th Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
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In office 1828–1829 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Wood Richards |
| United States Minister to Russia | |
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In office March 7, 1837 – July 29, 1839 |
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| President | Martin Van Buren |
| Preceded by | John Randolph Clay |
| Succeeded by | Churchill C. Cambreleng |
| United States Minister to the Court of St. James's | |
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In office April 4, 1856 – May 16, 1861 |
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| President |
Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln |
| Preceded by | James Buchanan |
| Succeeded by | Charles Francis Adams, Sr. |
| United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
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In office 1829–1831 |
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| Nominated by | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Charles Jared Ingersoll |
| Succeeded by | Henry D. Gilpin |
| Personal details | |
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George Mifflin Dallas July 10, 1792 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 31, 1864 (aged 72) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sophia Nicklin Dallas |
| Children | 8 |
| Alma mater | College of New Jersey |
| Profession | Theologian, Judge, Politician |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
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George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was an American politician and diplomat who served as Mayor of Philadelphia, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1831–33) and the 11th Vice President of the United States (1845–49).
George Mifflin Dallas was born on July 10, 1792, to Alexander James Dallas and Arabella Maria Smith Dallas (born Devon, England) in Philadelphia. His father, born in Kingston, Jamaica and educated in Edinburgh, was the Secretary of the Treasury under United States President James Madison, and was also briefly the Secretary of War. George Dallas was given his middle name after Thomas Mifflin, another politician who was good friends with his father.
Dallas was the second of six children, another of whom, Alexander, would become the commander of Pensacola Navy Yard. During Dallas's childhood, the family lived in a mansion on Fourth Street, with a second home in the countryside, situated on the Schuylkill River. He was educated privately at Quaker-run preparatory schools, before studying at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), from which he graduated with highest honors in 1810. While at College, he participated in several activities, including the American Whig–Cliosophic Society. Afterwards, he studied law, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1813.
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